Lent removing device



Nov. 3, 1964 Re. 25,675- RENEE DU BONNETT PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS RENEE B.NEAL LINT REMOVING DEVICE Original Filed April 10, 1958 INVENTOR.

QENE'E B. NEAL United States Patent 25,675 LINT REMOVING DEVICE Rene duBonnet, previously known as Renee B. Neal, 906 Park Ave., Apt. 3, NewYork, N.Y.

Original No. 3,056,154, dated Oct. 2, 1962, Ser. No.

727,569, Apr. 10, 1958. Application for reissue Oct. 1,

1963, Ser. No. 313,137

2 Claims. (Cl. 15-104) Matter enclosed in heavy brackets II] appears inthe original patent but forms no part of this reissue specification;matter printed in italics indicates the additions made by reissue.

This invention relates to devices for removal of dandrufl, dirt,ravellings, animal and human hairs and other foreign substances fromvarious surfaces and it consists in the constructions, arrangements andcombinations herein described and claimed.

It is an important object of the invention to provide a mitten orglove-like base member from any suitably shaped flexible material suchas paper or fabric, an adhesive layer of approximately correspondingshape to said flexible sheet being superposed upon one side of saidflexible sheets, said sheets being secured along three edges to define ahand-receiving opening.

It will be understood that the term flexible sheet materia as used inthe specification and claim of this application includes flexible paper,fabric, plastic or any other composition sheet material.

Another salient objective of this invention is to provide a substantialimprovement over existing lint and dirt removing devices embodyingmechanical devices such as rollers and daubers used for application andoperation inasmuch as mechanical devices cannot conform with variedforms and surfaces.

More specifically, I have chosen a mitten or glove design for providinga flexible base member, so as to permit greater manipulatability inpermitting the user to utilize the natural movements of the hand in apatting or wiping action for hard to get to areas, such as folds,crevices, pleats, and so forth, in garments and other articles.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will beapparent from the following description, considered in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings, wherein, 7

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of a glove having the pads secured upon thepalm and finger stalls of the glove.

FIGURE 2 is a cross section on the line 2--2 of FIG- URE 1, the topsheet and reinforcing being shown as partially removed.

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of a form of the device constructed as a mitten,having a portion of a protective sheet partially removed to expose anadhesive sheet, and

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the preferred form of the deviceconstructed as a stack of mittens, wherein each mitten functions as aself protective device, and as a protective covering for the adjacentmitten.

Attention is first invited to FIGURES 1 and 2 of the drawings, wherein amitten or glove-like cleaning accessory is shown and generally indicatedby the reference character The accessory may be constructed from anysuitable flexible material, such as paper or fabric.

The construction shown in FIGURE 1, illustrates a form as applied to aglove and comprises laminated Re. 25,675 Reissued Nov. 3, 1964 pads 23'which are provided with palm portions having elongated extensions 30overlying the finger stalls of the glove 10. The reinforcing members 18'include strips 21' and a horizontal strip 22' the former extendinglengthwise of the finger stalls, and, of course, each reinforcing memberwill have a pull tab 20. The laminated pads 23 will be in abuttingrelation along the line 17.

Inasmuch as the maximum tensile strength of adhesive faced materials mayvary from a low degree, such as aforementioned, and due to amanufacturing choice of materials of different weights, thicknesses andtensile strengths, it is contemplated that the length of the reinforcingstrips can be made shorter if desired. It is further contemplated thatsaid reinforcing strips can also be made of varying widths, and that inusing a stronger material, the tab and reinforcing form can be providedby an edge of each sheet of adhesive self material being folded backupon itself to form a finger grip.

In FIGURE 3, there is shown a simple construction of laminated mitten31, which comprises a pair of suitably shaped flexible sheets, upon theupper face 32 of one of the sheets, an adhesive surface 33 ispositioned. A removable protective sheet 34 having a contourapproximately corresponding to the adhesive surface 33 or the sheetsforming the mitten 31 is removably secured.

The sheets thus assembled are stitched or otherwise secured along threeedges thereof, as indicated at 35, leaving the plastic sheets formingthe mitten open for admission of the hand of a user.

In the use of this form of the device, the protective sheet 34, ispreferably formed from a material which can be readily peeled therefromso as to expose a portion of the adhesive sheet 33, the exposed portionbeing employed to pick up foreign matter from a surface to be cleaned.After cleaning of the surface the torn portion of the protective sheetmay be returned to its original position so that the mitten may bereadily carried in a purse or otherwise.

In FIGURE 4, there is shown the preferred form of the device,constructed as a stack of flexible mittens, wherein the necessity ofproviding a protective sheet for each adhesive surface of each of saidmittens is eliminated. Each of said mittens is constructed as alaminated mitten 31', comprising a pair of suitably shaped flexiblesheets forming a hand receiving base member, the adhesive layer 33 beingpresented downwardly, being removably secured to and protected by thetop sheet of the adjacent mitten. In this construction of a plurality ofmittens, a protective sheet 34' need only be disposed on the adhesivesurface of the bottom or the last mitten to be used.

While I have shown and described preferred forms of the invention, thisis by way of illustration only, and I consider as my own all suchmodifications in construction as fairly fall within the scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. In a lint removing accessory, a stack of at least two laminatedmittens, each mitten comprising a pair of suitably shaped flcxiblesheets, an adhesive layer of approximately corresponding shape to saidflexible sheet superposed upon one of said flexible sheets, the adhesivesurface of said layer being presented downwardly, the said sheets ofeach of said mittens being secured along three edges thereof to define ahand receiving opening, the adhesive surfaced layer of the top one ofsaid mittens being removabiy secured to and protected by the top sheetof the adjacent mitten.

2. A disposable lint remover for lifting 0 and removing foreignparticles and lint from a surface to be cleaned, comprising amitten-like base member adapted to surround a portion of the handincluding the tips of fingers thereof, said member being formed offlexible sheet material and having opposed spaced sheet portions joinedto each other only at the sides and one end, said one end being narrowedto conform to the fingers of the user, one of said portions having alayer of adhesive adhered to the major portion of the outer surfacethereof, and a protective covering which is separate and separable fromthe base member overlying said adhesive layer and strippably adheredthereto, said protective covering having substantially the same shape asthe base member, the lint remover remaining sub stantially flat before,during and after use.

References Cited by the Examiner The following references, cited by theExaminer, are of record in the patented file of this patent or theoriginal patent.

UNITED STATES PATENTS CHARLES A. WILLMUTH, Primary Examiner.

